Issue #327 - Retro Graphics, Render Graph, Spring Sale and more
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Creating fake 3D characters in a 2D engine - How I've created a somewhat 3D looking top-down shooter without using a 3D engine.
remvst.substack.com
Game Devs Explain The Tricks Involved With Letting You Pause - Developers provide some insight into how they all make games stop and start when you press a button
kotaku.com
Indie Game Subscription Service for Developers | Earn Revenue with Indie Pass - Indie Pass helps developers earn revenue and reach new players through a curated game subscription service. Join a growing network of indie titles and expand your audience.
indiepass.com
A Style Guide for NES-inspired Pixel Art in your Retro Game - In computer graphics, there is a concept called the “uncanny valley”.
eirifu.wordpress.com
How solo dev SlugGlove built 102 million spell combinations in Unity for Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times - Learn how solo developer SlugGlove used prefab variants to build a modular magic system with 102 million spell combinations for their RPG, Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times.
unity.com
Videos
Migrating to Render Graph: Understanding the Render Graph Samples - Part 1 - This video provides an introductory walkthrough of the Render Graph API in Unity’s Universal Render Pipeline (URP) using the Render Graph samples.
Unity
So you want to make an Incremental Game? - My tips, tricks, and things to consider when trying to make a successful incremental game.
Aarimous
How To Know If A Game Is Worth Making - Should I Make This Game?
Acrylic Pixel Games
Volumetric Lighting in Pixel Art?! | Pixel Perfect - Clouds, Godrays and Volumetrics Ep.4 Pixel Perfect ~ We'll explore shader programming and coding techniques within Unity
Red Giraffe
Getting Started with Addressables - Unity Addressables makes it easy to manage and load your game assets asynchronously.
Unity
There's a Better Way to Organize Unity Game Actions - Command pattern, undo system, memory allocation - a different way to architect Unity C# code.
Gamedev Engine Room
Radial Menu Systems in Unity | Shapes, Gradients & Interaction - In this video, we build a radial menu in Unity using UI Toolkit, drawing the wheel with the Painter API and taking advantage of gradient features introduced in Unity 6.3. We walk through the math that drives the layout, segment spacing, and input selection, then layer icons and interaction on top to create a fully functional menu.
git-amend
Learn Showcase: Get Started with Shader Graph - Want to dive into Shader Graph but don’t know where to start?
Unity
Why Bad Art Makes Great Games - NVIDIA ultra core ray tracing 8k max AI powered buzzword buzzword is cool and all, but I am growing tired of the endless pursuit of realism. This is a love letter to low-poly and stylized games, and why they tend to stick with me way more than the most realistic ones ever do.
Juniper Dev
Debugging Across Time and Platforms: The Power of Determinism - In this talk you will learn how determinism, and in particular cross-platform determinism, can help game developers implement better tooling for recording player sessions and reproducing issues. From running fast math operations on different CPU architectures, to managing deterministic multi-threading models, and dealing with compiler bugs, learn practical tips to implement cross-platform determinism in your game.
AI and Games Conference
Eight Level Design Guidelines - These are the most important details to remember to include in every map.
Timothy Cain
Assets
Spring Sale & Flash Deals! - 50% off popular assets + up to 95% off Flash Deals
Unity Affiliate
MIGHTY TASKS - Kanban, Gantt, Tasks, Mindmaps, Users and more! - Stop alt-tabbing to web boards while your due date burns. Mighty Tasks is a ruthless in-editor command center. Anchor the schedule to your game, execute the backlog, and take your weekend back.
ShrinkRay Entertainment Affiliate
unity-texture-packer - Utility to combine color channels from different textures into a single output.
andydbc Open Source
Unity-Game-Utilities - A modular Unity utility package providing reusable runtime systems, editor tooling, and experimental gameplay modules editor utilities (events, save system, extensions, projectiles, currency, and more.
mRemAiello Open Source
Unity-Package-CoSequencer - A package allowing easy Coroutine sequencing through both Inspector and code
Kmiecis Open Source
funplay-unity-mcp - The Most Advanced MCP Server for Unity Editor with execute_code, prompts/resources, input simulation, screenshots, and play mode automation.
FunplayAI Open Source
Unity-Skills - AI automation skills specifically designed for Unity
Besty0728 Open Source
Mathfs - Expanded Math Functionality for Unity
FreyaHolmer Open Source
Yogurt - Async Managed Component-Oriented framework for Unity
Hoodrij Open Source
LOD-generator - Batch LOD generation and FBX export for Unreal Engine and Unity — Blender addon
Colosyn Open Source
unity-isometric-pixel-pipeline - Pixel art isometric render pipeline for Unity 6 URP — toon shading, GPU grass, outline, sharp upscale
bababuyyy Open Source
Unity-AI-ProBuilder - AI-powered 3D modeling tools for Unity ProBuilder. Enables AI assistants to create and manipulate editable meshes through natural language commands.
IvanMurzak Open Source
AudioConductor - Audio Conductor is a tool that enhances the usability of audio features (AudioClip/AudioSource) in Unity, providing greater convenience in managing and controlling audio assets.
CyberAgentGameEntertainment Open Source
Wars & Wastelands Game Dev Bundle - Wow! Warzone assault assets await within—pay what you want for the Wars & Wastelands Game Dev Bundle and help support Girls Who Code!
Humble Bundle Affiliate
Asset Store MEGA 15 - Don’t wait—pay what you want for an elite collection of visual and audio assets from the best devs in the biz with our latest Mega Bundle!
Humble Bundle Affiliate
Spotlight
Davy Jones' Deckhand - Master melee-based card combat, explore an open ocean by surviving roguelike voyages, and unleash outrageous counter-attack chains in this nostalgic, swashbuckling adventure. Will you break free from Davy Jones' locker?
[You can wishlist it on Steam and visit their website]
Cass Bay Games
My game, Call Of Dookie. Demo available on Steam
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